Lars Jonsson (born 1952 in Stockholm) is a
Swedish ornithological illustrator
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living in
Hamra in the south part of the Swedish island of
Gotland
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. He was appointed an
honorary degree
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by
Uppsala University
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Initially fou ...
in 2002.
Bibliography
English/Translated Works
*''Birds of Sea and Coast'' (1978)
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
*''Birds of Wood, Park and Garden'' (1978)
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
- also translated in Dutch and German
*''Birds of Lake, River, Marsh and Field''(1978)
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
*''Birds of Mountain Regions'' (1979)
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
*''The Island: Bird Life on a Shoal of Sand'',
Christopher Helm
*''Birds of the Mediterranean and Alps'' Croom Helm Ltd
*''Birds of Europe: With North Africa and the Middle East'' Translated by David Christie (1992) - also translated in Danish, Dutch, French, and German
** 1999 edition Helm (1999)
*''Birds and Light: The Art of Lars Jonsson'' Helm (2002)
*''Where Heaven and Earth Touch: The Art of the Birdpainter Lars Jonsson'' Dr. M. Imhof (2008)
*''Lars Jonsson's Birds'', winner
National Outdoor Book Award (Design and Artistic Merit), Princeton University Press (2008)
Articles
*''The Image of a Bird'', Birds, Spring 1993, Vol 14 No 5, pages 54–58
Swedish
*''Fåglar i naturen. 5, Medelhavsländerna och Alperna'' Wahlström & Widstrand (1980)
*''Lommar : art- och åldersbestämning samt ruggning hos smålom Gavia stellata, storlom Gavia arctica, islom Gavia immer och vitnäbbad islom Gavia adamsii'' Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening (1992)
*''En Dag i Maj'' Atlantis
*''Lars Jonsson : fåglar och ljus'' Atlantis (2002)
*''Lars Jonssons Fåglar i Europa med Nordafrika och Mellanöstern'' Wahlström & Widstrand (2006)
References
External links
COPAC bibliographyLars Jonsson's Homepage in Swedish and English.
20th-century Swedish painters
Swedish male painters
21st-century Swedish painters
Swedish bird artists
Living people
1952 births
20th-century Swedish male artists
21st-century Swedish male artists
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